Digital Senior Project Manager

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We are proud to provide 'Outstanding' care and be a great place to work.

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to the half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area.

We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £700 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex.

Our extensive health services are provided by over 8,000+ dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people's own homes.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as 'Good' overall, and 'Outstanding' for being Caring and Effective. The Conquest Hospital in Hastings and our Community Services were rated 'Outstanding' and Eastbourne DGH was rated 'Good' Our two acute hospitals have Emergency Departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services.

Job overview

The Imaging Network Board is a collaborative partnership across the three ICSs of Surrey, Sussex & Frimley, ensuring alignment in service delivery across all health and care organisations in the region:

• East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (ESHT)
• University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (UHSx)
• Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (QVH)
• Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT)
• Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (ASPH)
• Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust (RSFT)
• Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (SASH)
• Surrey Heartlands ICB
• Sussex Healthcare ICB
• Frimley Health and Care ICB

Main duties of the job

The Senior Project Manager will lead the delivery of the Imaging Network's RIS Reprocurement Project across multiple NHS Trusts and other Radiology projects as required. This includes overseeing procurement, implementation, and transition to a new Radiology Information System (RIS), ensuring alignment with the Network's strategic objectives and digital roadmap.
The post holder will be responsible for the end-to-end project lifecycle, including development of outline business case, full
business case, delivery of projects, risk management, project plans, reporting, procurement (ITT), supplier engagement, contract award, mobilisation, and implementation across all participating organisations.
The role requires senior-level leadership, stakeholder management, and project governance, ensuring delivery to time, cost, quality, and benefits realisation.

• To lead the strategic planning, coordination, and delivery of the RIS Reprocurement project across the Imaging Network
• To provide expert project / programme management advice to the Digital Diagnostics Programme Director, Managing Director, Network Board, and partner Trusts
• To ensure the project delivers measurable improvements in diagnostic services, interoperability, and patient outcomes
• To establish robust governance, risk management, and reporting frameworks across the project
• Significant BC building and finance modelling working with finance colleague.
• Project Scope: Multi-million-pound, multi-organisational RIS reprocurement and implementation project across 6+ Trusts
• Act as a senior project manager to lead other Radiology or strategic projects.

Working for our organisation

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries. staff restaurants and accommodation.

In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.

There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description attached.

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience
• Prince 2 practitioner or PMP or Agile PM or equivalent experience and knowledge is required

Desirable criteria

• MSP practitioner

Experience

Essential criteria

• NHS procurement processes, experience of business case development, financial modelling, benefits realisation, change management, stakeholder engagement and governance. and financial modelling.
• An understanding and knowledge of the workings of the NHS, the challenges it faces and of the reform agenda
• Extensive specialist knowledge of managing/delivering Diagnostic services
• Specialist knowledge of designing and delivering project, and in doing so working across organisational boundaries and with multi-professional teams
• Proven experience in procurement, tender evaluation, and supplier management.
• Experience managing high profile, complex digital change projects

Desirable criteria

• In depth understanding of RIS, PACS, imaging workflows, and interoperability standards. Change management methodologies and service redesign.
• Multi Trust digital transformation environments.

Patients come first at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

Our vision is to be:

• The healthcare provider of first choice for the people of East Sussex.

Our mission is to:

• Deliver better health outcomes and an excellent experience for everyone we provide with healthcare services.

Our strategic objectives are to:

• Improve quality and clinical outcomes by ensuring that safe patient care is our highest priority.
• Play a leading role in local partnerships to meet the needs of our local population and improve and enhance patients' experiences.
• Use our resources efficiently and effectively for the benefit of our patients and their care to ensure our services are clinically, operationally and financially sustainable.

Our aims are that all services delivered by the Trust are:

• Safe
• Effective
• Caring
• Responsive and
• Well led

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